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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Shall Ratify? The People or the States?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are foreign visitors to America surprised they don't see more frequently?
(a) Deer and wild life.
(b) Forests and trees.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Poverty among white men.

2. What two types of documents do Convention delegates have to guide their discussion of states' rights?
(a) The state constitutions and the Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Articles of the Confederation and the Bill of Rights.
(c) The state constitutions and the Articles of the Confederation.
(d) The Articles of the Confederation and the Declaration of Independence.

3. Why are French noblemen amazed to find Revolutionary War officers working as innkeepers?
(a) In Europe, officers only own farms.
(b) In Europe, inns are run by women.
(c) In Europe, the military is a profession.
(d) They don't realize America have inns.

4. Which issue tie up the Convention proceedings for days?
(a) How states are to be represented in Congress.
(b) How states are allowed to veto Congressional decisions.
(c) How states are to be governed.
(d) How states elect members of the Senate.

5. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Dr. Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate wishes to establish a national university supported by Congress?

2. Which delegate moves to postpone the vote on ratification?

3. What shocks European visitors to the Southern states?

4. What does the term "American" mean to William Priest?

5. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is identified as "not consulted" on the vote to grant the national legislature veto power over all laws they deem improper?

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